The overwhelming majority of Cootera Classifieds users are trustworthy and well-intentioned.
With billions of human interactions facilitated, the incidence of violent crime is extremely low.
Nevertheless, please take the same common sense precautions online as you would offline.
When meeting someone for the first time, please remember to:

Inability or refusal to meet face-to-face to complete the transaction.

Examples of Scams

Someone claims your transaction is guaranteed, that a buyer/seller is officially certified, OR that a third party of any kind will handle or provide protection for a payment:

These claims are fraudulent, as transactions are between users only.

The scammer will often send an official looking (but fake) email that appears to come from Cootera Classifieds or another third party, offering a guarantee, certifying a seller, or pretending to handle payments.

Distant person offers a genuine-looking (but fake) cashier's check:

You receive an email or text (examples below) offering to buy your item, pay for your services in advance, or rent your apartment, sight unseen and without meeting you in person.

A cashier's check is offered for your sale item as a deposit for an apartment or for your services.

We have established the following terms and condition to
ensure the quality of Cootera.com and the services we offer to
you, our users. Please remember that ads are posted by users,
not by Cootera.com. Users are responsible for all aspects of
the transactions in which they choose to participate as buyers
and/or sellers. All transactions conducted on Cootera.com must
be consistent with any applicable legal rules and with
Cootera.com terms and conditions of service. Cootera.com
reserves the right to reject or remove any ad that is not
consistent with Cootera.com terms and conditions, and the law.
Please review the terms and conditions in this agreement and
make sure any transactions you conduct comply fully.

General Information

Cootera.com is a platform for users to connect with one
another. Cootera.com does not participate in, nor is it a
party to, any classifieds transactions. Cootera.com does not
screen or control users who may sell, buy, or trade using
Cootera.com, nor does Cootera.com review, endorse, guarantee
or authenticate all listings offered for sale or trade.
Therefore, users of this service should be aware that:

Sellers and buyers are completely responsible for
working out the sale and exchange of goods or services

Sellers and buyers are responsible in resolving any
disputes that may arise from classifieds transactions. It is
important to use care throughout your dealings with other
users in Cootera.com. Cootera.com cannot and does not confirm
each and every user-purported identity.

Sellers and buyers are responsible for researching and
complying with any applicable laws, regulations or
restrictions on items, services, or manner of sale or exchange
that may pertain to transactions in which they participate.

Upon the completion of a sale, sellers and buyers are
responsible for their own payment, shipping costs, applicable
taxes and any other costs incurred by participating in
Cootera.com classifieds.

Accessibility

Cootera.com is a classified ads website for India. Ads
posted on Cootera.com must be in English, however translation
on ads are permitted.

Cootera.com services are available to all of our users who can
perform legally binding contracts under applicable law. By
using or registering with Cootera.com, you agree to provide
true and accurate information about yourself; including your
current residency in India.

Additionally, we reserve
the right to refuse access of our service to anyone at our
sole discretion.

Account and Password

You are solely responsible for all activities within
your account under your password. Password should be treated
with care and should not be disclosed to anyone. You cannot
use your password or anyone else's password for any
unauthorized purpose. You indemnify Cootera.com and its staff
from all claims and liabilities made by a third party
resulting from all activities incurred within your account.
Additionally, your account may not be transferred, assigned or
sold to a third party.

Web Linking

Web Linking may be used to direct users of Cootera.com
to an external website. Web Linking may not be used to direct
users of Cootera.com to a porn, explicit adult content, hate,
or a questionable content website (as determined by
Cootera.com). As well, directing users to an external website
for the purpose of soliciting information, scam or fraud is
strictly prohibited. Violation of the afore-mentioned rules
will result in the ad(s) being discarded or modified and the
member being banned from Cootera.com at the discretion of
Cootera.com.

Member

Verification of a member is only an indication of
likelihood that a member's identity is correct. As user
verification on the Internet is difficult, Cootera.com cannot
and does not guarantee any member's identity. Attempt by any
member to state or imply that Cootera.com has endorsed their
products or integrity may result in immediate termination of
the member's status and may include permanent suspension of
access to Cootera.com. False claims or statements that
Cootera.com provides some form of guarantee is deceptive and
should be reported immediately as abuse.

Cootera.com will not be held liable in any manner for
any losses incurred by a Buyer or Seller regardless of their
status. In the case of illegal or otherwise deceptive
activities, Cootera.com responsibility will be limited to
investigation and barring of such access as quickly as
possible and to the best of our abilities.

Service Fee

Cootera.com classified service is free, to both
buyers and sellers.

Interference

You are prohibited from using a secondary account or a
third party to interfere with the negotiation process with
another buyer or seller.

You are prohibited from spamming our system and/or
impose an unreasonably or disproportionately large load on our
system. You may not put any material on Cootera.com that
contains any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots, or other computer programming routines that may
damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or
expropriate any system, data, or personal information. You may
not solicit Cootera.com users to post ads on other classifieds
sites.

Selling

All sellers must:

Comply with applicable laws. You may not offer for
sale, trade or adoption any items or services to buyers in a
jurisdiction where the item, service, or terms of the sale
violate applicable laws or regulations. You also may not offer
for sale, trade or adoption any item or service that violates
Cootera.com policies as described below in "Prohibited
Items and Services."

Provide accurate and up-to-date information. You must
accurately describe the item you are selling, trading or
offering for adoption. You may not include any language in
your ad, which may mislead potential buyers or cause your ad
to be included in search results to which it is not
responsive.

Avoid inappropriate ad content. You may not link to,
post, or include advertisements for goods or other materials
that: (a) describe items or services that you are not selling
in Cootera.com, or (b) you do not have right to link to or
include. You also may not include any content or images in
your ad that are obscene, offensive, harmful to minors,
invasive of anyone's privacy, or otherwise inappropriate.

Have the rights to and possession of item. You may
not offer any item for sale, trade or adoption that is not in
your possession, you do not have the right to sell or trade
items that does not exist at the time of the ad.

Place item in the appropriate category. You must list
your item in the MOST appropriate category. Cootera.com
reserves the right to relocate an ad that is deemed to be in
an inappropriate category.

Provide an honest representation of your item for
sale and indicating if your item is used, refurbished or a
replica of the original.

Buying

Buyers are free to browse through the classified ads on our
site and need not register with us to buy or contact sellers.

Cootera.com does not associate itself with the negotiation
process between buyers and sellers Certain ads listed
on Cootera.com may contain a web link where buyers are free to
navigate to the linked website. Be advised, Cootera.com is not
affiliated or responsible for the content of the linked
website. Any action or activity by the buyer on the linked
website is at his/her sole responsibility.

Fraud

You may not use or manipulate this service for any fraudulent
activity or purpose, including but not limited to collecting
payment from buyers and not providing the item or service
purchased.

It is the responsibility of both the seller and the
buyer to ensure that the items or services listed for sale,
trade or adoption are appropriate for sale, trade or adoption
under all applicable laws and regulations. You may not sell,
trade or adopt the following items or services under any
circumstances:

Any item or service that is harmful to minors,
obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

Any item that infringes the rights of a third party,
including items that violate copyrights, trademarks,
publicity, or privacy rights of third parties.

Any item that is counterfeit or stolen, including,
but not limited to, counterfeit currency, coins, stamps, and
equipment used to produce them.

Any animal items that are subject to regulations or
laws for the protection of live animals, including endangered
species and domesticated animals, as well as any products made
from or including any parts of an animal protected by law or
regulation.

Any item that has been the subject of a product
recall by the Indian government or any government agency, or
product manufacturer including items containing hazardous
substances without a warning label.

Individual contracts, services, and any item that is
non-transferable.

Non-packaged food items and other food or beverage
items sold in a manner inconsistent with federal,
state/province, or legal regulations.

Any used goods not appropriate for resale for safety,
health, or other reasons.

Any items that can be used to inflict bodily harm on
others, such as firearms, bombs, ammunition, firearm parts,
switchblade knives, fireworks, or any kind of weaponry.

Items or services related to identification such as,
citizenship documents, birth certificates, police or other
government insignia.

Human or animal parts, including blood, organs and
bodily fluids.

Any other item or service that violates any
applicable federal, state, or local law or regulation or which
Cootera.com determines, in its sole discretion, is
inappropriate for sale, trade or adoption through the services
provided by Cootera.com.

Spam

Cootera.com encourages you to post ads in Cootera.com as
long as they are not duplicates or other forms of spam, or
otherwise inconsistent with the Cootera.com terms and
conditions. Cootera.com may take action to delete classified
ads and/or Cootera.com user accounts that we believe are
misusing this service. Prohibited spam or otherwise
impermissible marketing activities in Cootera.com may include,
but are not limited to, the following:

Posting identical, near duplicate, or otherwise,
variant listings for the same item/service

Posting identical ads in the same category and
location.

Posting an ad with inappropriate links, titles,
descriptions, or unauthorized use of content to which the
person posting does not have rights.

Posting an ad for the sole purpose of collecting user
information or raising money.

Posting an ad that contains unsolicited or
unauthorized advertising or promotional materials. This may
include an ad that instruct the user(s) to contact the
person/company posting the ad for more information and then
require the user to pay a fee for that information.

Posting a job ad that requires a monetary investment
by the user at any time.

Posting an ad that requires a user to register before
getting detailed information about the product or position.

Posting an ad through unauthorized robots (crawling
software).

Soliciting a Cootera.com user to post an ad in
another classifieds site.

Cootera.com users do not appreciate spam. Spamming gives
you and your service a bad name and decreases the
effectiveness of your ads. Cootera.com may take corrective
action, at our discretion, when prohibited activities or other
misuses of the service become apparent.

Junk Ads

At Cootera.com, we offer free classified listings. This
does not mean that we accept spam or junk ads that are not
only unwanted, but are also rarely viewed. Our classified ads
have value; hence, they are for serious buyers and sellers.
Your ad should genuinely reveal your item or service; this
creates trust on your part and it will only assist you in the
sale of your product.

Cootera.com reserves the right to reject an ad or even ban a
member who does not adhere to our user agreement in order to
help safeguard our community of buyers and sellers. Please see
"prohibited items/services" and "spam". In addition,
classified ads for, containing, or linking to the following
will not be accepted:

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Cootera.com and
its officers, directors and employees harmless from and
against any and all claims made by or liabilities to any third
party resulting from any activities conducted under your
membership or your use or misuse of our services. This
includes, but not limited to, posting content on Cootera.com,
entering into transactions with other members, contacting
others pertaining to their ad(s), infringing a third party's
intellectual property or other rights, failing to deliver
goods or payment after a sale agreement or otherwise arising
out of your breach of this Agreement.

Copyright

All content included on this web site, including text,
graphics, logos, buttons, icons, and images, is the property
of Cootera.com, its licensors or its content suppliers, and is
protected by Indian and international copyright and trademark
laws. The compilation of all content on this web site is the
exclusive property of Cootera.com and is protected by Indian
and international copyright laws. The content on this site may
be used as a shopping resource. You may not copy, publish,
distribute, create derivative works of, or commercially
exploit the content of this web site, or use this web site for
any other purpose.

Trademarks

Cootera.com, the Cootera.com logo and all trademarks,
service-marks, and trade names appearing on the site are the
property of Cootera.com or their respective owners that have
granted Cootera.com the right to use such marks.

Use of information and Services

The information, services, products, and materials
contained in this web site are provided on an "as is" basis
with no warranty. To the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, cootera.com disclaims all representations and
warranties, express or implied, with respect to such
information, services, products, and materials, including
without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In
addition, cootera.com does not warrant that the information
accessible via this web site is current, complete, or
error-free. Some states/provinces do not allow the exclusion
or limitation of implied warranties so the above limitation
may not apply to you. In no event will cootera.com be liable
for any consequential, indirect, incidental, special, or
punitive damages, however caused and under any theory of
liability (including negligence), arising from your use of
this site or the provision of the information, services,
products, and materials contained in this site, even if
cootera.com has been advised of the possibility of such
damages. Because some states/provinces do not allow the
exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential
damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. The
information, services, products, and materials contained in
this web site are provided on an "as is" basis with no
warranty. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
cootera.com disclaims all representations and warranties,
express or implied, with respect to such information,
services, products, and materials, including without
limitation any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness
for a particular purpose and non infringement. In addition,
cootera.com does not warrant that the information accessible
via this web site is current, complete, or error-free. Some
states/provinces do not allow the exclusion or limitation of
implied warranties so the above limitation may not apply to
you. In no event will cootera.com be liable for any
consequential, indirect, incidental, special, or punitive
damages, however caused and under any theory of liability
(including negligence), arising from your use of this site or
the provision of the information, services, products, and
materials contained in this site, even if cootera.com has been
advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some
states/provinces do not allow the exclusion or limitation of
liability for consequential damages, the above limitation may
not apply to you.

Cootera.com's Right to Terminate

Cootera.com, in its sole discretion, may terminate any
classified listing or your Cootera.com user ID immediately and
without notice if (a) Cootera.com believes that you have acted
inconsistently with the spirit or the letter of the
Cootera.com terms and conditions of service, or (b)
Cootera.com believes you have violated or tried to violate the
rights of others, or (c) Cootera.com believes you have
conducted fraudulent activities on Cootera.com. From time to
time, Cootera.com may amend its terms and conditions to
enhance our services with or without notices.

Your continue use of Cootera.com services will indicate
your acceptance of the updated terms and conditions of the
agreement. It is recommended that you review our terms and
conditions periodically. This agreement was last updated on
April 1, 2010.

Cootera.com reserve the right to change or discontinue
some or all of our services at any time with or without
notice.

Please help us keep cootera.com a safe and enjoyable site. If
you see a listing that violates our rules, please
notify us immediately.

In general, you can visit this site without telling us
who you are or revealing any information about yourself. It is
our intent to let you know before we collect personal
information from you and to tell you what we plan to do with
that information. If you tell us that you do not wish to have
personally identifiable information used for further contact
with you, we will do our best to respect your wishes. If you
sign up to receive an electronic newsletter or enter your name
on an email list, each message will include instructions on
how to "unsubscribe" from that list.

In order to improve our Web site and collect reader
profile information, we may ask you to provide us with
information regarding your personal or professional interests,
demographics, experience with our products and contact
preferences. We use this information to better understand your
needs and provide you with better service. You can choose not
to supply us with your personal information. In that case, you
can still visit most of this site, but you may not be able to
access certain offers and services.

Cootera.com collects information on the domains, IP
addresses and Web browsers from which people visit our site.
We use this data to track trends in our site traffic and for
making improvements. This information is collected on an
aggregate basis and is not associated with a particular
individual.

Linking to other Web sites

This site contains links to other Web sites. Cootera.com
is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content,
accuracy or opinions expressed on such Web sites, and such Web
sites are not investigated, monitored or checked by us for
accuracy or completeness. Inclusion of any linked Web site on
our site does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked
Web site by us.

Using cookies

Cootera.com may use cookies on some Web site pages to
help us serve you better. Cookies enable us to provide you
with a more valuable experience by telling us which areas of
the Web site are of most interest to you.

You can set your browser to warn you before you collect
a cookie. If you choose to disable cookies in your browser,
you can still access most of our Web site but you may be
unable to experience all the sites features and
functionality.

Asking questions

We welcome comments and questions about our privacy statement.
Because of the rapidly evolving nature of the Internet, we
reserve the right to change this statement at any time. Direct
your privacy questions to feedback@cootera.com